After a loud crack of thunder and a strike of lightning filled the sky the other night my TV went bright white and shut off-(For Good) It wouldn't turn on at all. It was on a surge protector strip along with the DVD, VCR, PS2 and stereo. All of these items are connected. And the cable from the wall runs to VCR. So how did just the TV get hit. This is actually the second time the same thing has happened to us. So I want to know how this is possible. All the other components work fine.
2006-07-25 00:41:39 · 9 answers · asked by Gigit 2 in Consumer Electronics ➔ TVs
A surge protector is basically made to handle "normal" power surges within your house's electrical current - it's not made to be a lightning rod.
Your TV was fried because the current from the lightning strike came in through the antenna wire, regardless of whether use cable or a roof mounted antenna. Even though your cable wire is "grounded", it isn't a cure all against all lightning strikes.
Your TV is more receptive to static and electrical charges than a VCR, etc. Although your accessories are ok, the TV couldn't handle the shock (pun intended).
After you replace your TV, whenever a ("big") thunderstorm is heading your way, disconnect the cable hookup from your set. If you're going away on vacation, make sure you unhook your TV too.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure...
2006-07-25 00:55:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
Tv Lightning
2016-12-12 13:32:06 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All components and equipment are designed differently.
The TV is a little unique it requires very hi voltage for the picture tube. and the rest requires a much lower voltage.
plus the TV requires a cable feed and is also plugged into the wall.
If lightening strikes the TV cable outside, all that energy has to find a path to ground, sometimes this path can be through the TV cable through the electronics inside your TV to the power plug to the wall, which has a ground ( do not remove the ground, it will make it worse)
This is one possibility of what happened.
You should check the, or ask the cable company to check their TV cable, and ensure it is properly grounded. but even if it was grounded properly, it will help , it is still not 100%, a direct hit will still take it out. Best bet is to disconnect all electrical appliances during a lightening (thunder) storm.
This happened to a number of co-worker, they were working on a highway, resting on a metal guard rail, that runs the stretch of highway, about 5 kilometres. in the distance was thunder storm, all of a sudden the co-workers sitting on the guard rail jumped off the guard rail. Apparently lighting struck the rail a few kilometres down the road, even though there are grounding points along the way, there was enough electricity to give all the workers a small shock.
2006-07-25 01:02:32 · answer #3 · answered by Juggernaut 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Surge protectors are meant to relieve dangerous amounts of electricity. Lighting has too much volt capacity, so using a surge protector against lighting would be like using and insecticide to get rid of a snake. It will nit help. I would recommend you move your tv away from windows. I was having the same problems, until i moved my tv away from my window and unplugged it when i knew a lightning storm was coming.
Also the tv is being hit because it has a larger mass. Which means it has more than twice the meta in it than the other devices around it. Lighting "goes for" an object with either more medal, or the only medal object around.
Hope this helped! :)
2014-05-22 03:36:20 · answer #4 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No surge protector will protect against a direct hit by lightning. One bolt has more energy in it by far than anything we can create. And it will do funny things, like destroying some appliances but not others. My parents' home was hit by lightning, and it only affected certain circuits. Like you, one television was destroyed, but all the other appliances continued to work just fine. Certain lights, not all near the strike, worked while others didn't.
2006-07-25 00:53:25 · answer #5 · answered by cross-stitch kelly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You fried it. Nest time if a lightning storm is raging, unplug the set. When that million billion volts comes along they can overpower any surge protector and just melt all those tiny relays.
2006-07-25 00:47:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It ruins the circuit breaker. Don't watch tv or use your computer during a storm unless you want to go out and buy a new one
2016-03-16 05:08:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Contact your TV manufacturer - Tech Support.
2006-07-25 00:45:36 · answer #8 · answered by ♫♫♫ EL Dindo 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-07-10 22:35:33 · answer #9 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
too much surge. you should be able to claim it through ur home/renter's insurance...
2006-07-25 00:44:57 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋